Perambulator.



W. DI E MER.

PBRAMBULA'I'OR. I APPLICATION FILED M AR.6, 1911.

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THE NORRIS PETERS CO., PHOTOLITHO, WASHINGTON. D, C.

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WILLIAM DIEMER, F TOLEDO, oHIo, ASSIGNOR 'ro Gnnronon WH EL COMPANY, or

TOLEDO, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

PERAMBULATOR.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM DIEMER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and "State, of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Perambulators, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

.My invention relates to folding or collapsible perambulators, the invention residing in the peculiar construction, arrangement and combination of tlIBVEII'IOHS parts as more fully. hereinafter described and as pointed out inthe claims.

In the drawings: Figure l is a perspective view of a perambulator embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a, side elevation thereof with the parts folded, the back, seat and foot-rest being omitted; and-Fig.3 is a front elevation of a portion of one of the axles, showing the connecting link and wheel.

At the present time collapsible childrens carriages are largely made with wheels which fold into parallelism with the main frame, this folding being effected by the folding downward of the handle. While this makes a compact folded structure it tends to complicate construction and requires that the device belifted bodily and its entire weight held in the hands of the operator while folding; nor can the wheels be utilized in the folded position as a support on which to move the device. I

My construction is intended to simplify the construction, reduce the weight and cost and in folding to have the wheels stand in their original relation to the frame, that is, so that they can be used as a support upon which to wheel the folded device.

To this end my invention comprises a main or seat frame; a rigid axle frame to which the wheels are fixedly journaled; links pivoted to the two frames; and a handle which is so connected that its folding will bring the axle and main frames to. gether, leaving the wheels in their original relation to the axle frame.

The seat frame comprises two side-bars B. connected by suitable cross-bars C, D, E. The axle frame comprises the two axles M, connected by one or more connecting rods R, the axles M at their ends having suitable spindles upon which are journaled the wheels 0. Links, J, are pivoted at their Specification of Letters Patent. g

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to the side-bars.v I employ a lock to hold.

Patented Dec. 1, 1914;. 1911. Serial No. 612,645.

upper ends to the side-bars B, toward the front, and in this construction (which shows the linksof metal strips) are given a half twist and, at their lower ends, formed into eyes L which encircle the axle. These links as shown are inside the wheels and the planes of the wheels are outside the side-bars B. At the rear are the links Q connecting therear axle and the rear end of the frame.

H is the handle, which I have here shown as formed of a V-shapedmetal bar, the connecting bar at the top and the lower ends of the two limbs being formed integral with or secured to the links Q. The pivot I, which 'pivotally connects the tops of the links Q to the side-bars, acts as the pivot for the handle. I preferably employ a seat side-frame which I have here shown as comprising the seat sidebars Apivoted at their rear ends to the handle, and at their forward ends to which latter are pivoted these pivoted frames in their extended position, and have shown such lock in the form of diagonal braces Z of spring metal pivoted at one end to the handle and having at the other end pinsiu adapted to enter holes in the side-bars.

Any form of seat, back and foot-rest may be employed, that here shown being suitable for a collapsible dolls carriage, consisting of a flexible covering F secured at the top to a cross-bar a of the handle, hanging down to the rear cross-bar D to which it may be tacked, extending forwardly over the crossbar E, and with a depressed foot-rest portion forward of the bar E, being secured at its forward end to the cross-bar C.

The parts thus constructed are adapted to be operated as follows: On disengaging the pins u of the braces Z the carriage can be collapsed by taking hold of the front crossbar and the handle and moving them toward each other. The handle swings the rear links Q upward and through the connecting bar R the front links are swung upwardly (the eyes L turning on the axles in this movement); thus bringing the handle and the main or seat-frame into substantial parallelism and moving the axle frame near to. or up against the underside of this frame, asshown'in Fig. 2.

In order to prevent longitudinal movementof the axle M in relation to the bear-- ings L the inner face F of the wheel hubs spaced side bars, a front of links 'pro- 4 'je'eting below the main pivoted respectively tosaid side bars to turn longs tndinally of the frame about a horizontal axis, a bailshaped handl'e having the sides thereof siiififarl'y pivoted to thejid bars and having rigid portions extending below the was frame saidfront links and the law-er erso s 0% the handle being provided with bearing pdrtioil's', axles respectivelyearrie'd by theb'ea-rin'g ofrtions of the frontli'n'lis .an'dhandle, the ax es l'i'aving'thif' ends projecting beyond the respetiv'e 'bearin" portions, front and rear Wheels jonrn'ale" on said extensions, and a connection between said axles'for holding the same affixed distance apart, in all positions of adjustment. "2, In a collapsible parental-ates, "the com-- bination with the Inain fraine ineluding spaced side bars, a front pairof links proje'otii'ig V respectively to said side bars to turn longi-- tudi-na-l-ly of the frame about a horizontal, axis, a bail-shaped handle having the sides,

thereof similarly pivoted to the side bars and having rigid portions extending below the and forming rear links,'-said front and rear links being formed of flat metal twisted to posit-1am; the flat. faces of a flower ersonsth reof at 's'nb'stanti'ally right angles to the upper portions oftlie links, said 1 -well portions {termi ating 'in bearings", axles respectively harried by the beatin poi-Homer the front aadjrear" links,

yard are respective tearing p'or 1011's,- front and rear Wheels njonrnaled on saiaextea slon's, a1i'cl coniieetion between said axles for li'olding' the saniea fixed distance apart in all positions of adjustment;

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